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Out of Left Field: She promises gluten-free recipes, then just yatters on and on ....

by Kyra Hoggan on 14 Apr 2013
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Out of Left Field: She promises gluten-free recipes, then just yatters on and on ....

I'm sorry I didn't get this posted in time to make Sunday dinner – I'll aim to post Sunday mornings from now on, but ...well, it's Sunday morning, so don't watch the clock. Cartoons end when they end, man.

The reason for my tardiness is that I couldn't settle on a recipe – I kept deciding on one, then thinking of another and changing my mind, then remembering that rib recipe that was so fabulous, then ...

Finally, I settled on starting off with some tips and tricks to making the diet easier, with recipes to follow.

OP/ED: Not a one-horse race after all in B.C. election

by Kyra Hoggan on 14 Apr 2013
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Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Bennett (left) and Liberal Candidate Jim Postnikoff kick off campaign

Hmmmm – it looks like the provincial election isn't going to be the humdrum rubber-stamp we were all expecting for the West Kootenay region.

Bill Bennett, MLA and B.C. Minister, was in Castlegar today to acclaim Jim Postnikoff as the BC Liberal candidate – meaning two-term incumbent Katrine Conroy (NDP) won't be just walking away with the win, as it appeared might be the case just last week.

Selkirk teams with local business to compost for Earth Day

by Contributor on 14 Apr 2013
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Selkirk teams with local business to compost for Earth Day

For two weeks this year, in celebration of Earth Day on Monday, April 22, the downtown Castlegar office of RHC Insurance, with the help of Gaia Janitorial Services, is sending their compostables like lunch scraps, coffee grounds and used paper towels over to Selkirk College.

In 2011, Selkirk College began operating a large composting vessel as part of a pilot composting program on their Castlegar campus.

Party your way to equitable politics?

by Contributor on 14 Apr 2013
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Party your way to equitable politics?

The under 45 generation are getting tired of working and studying more, to have less. With rising home prices, cost of living, and incomparable wages, young people and their families are being squeezed of time, and income, and are being forced into crushing debt. On April 15 - 17, from 7 – 10 p.m. at Birchbank Golf Club (Trail), Dam Inn Pub (South Slocan), Finley’s Irish Pub (Nelson) the Generation Squeeze Campaign deals its first round to local supporters looking to party their way to a better generation deal for young people.

BC Hockey to discuss raising the age for legal bodychecking

by Castlegar Source on 14 Apr 2013
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To bodycheck or not to bodycheck, that is the question being raised by BC Hockey.

Bill Bennett's Castlegar visit today coincided with a press release issued from his ministry regarding bodychecking in youth hockey. Bennett, B.C. Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, didn't speak to the release, as he was here to acclaim BC Liberal candidate for the West Kootenay Riding Jim Postnikoff, but the issue is sure to garner some attention from sports fans in the region.

No acclamation win for Conroy - Liberals declare West Kootenay candidate

by Contributor on 13 Apr 2013
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No acclamation win for Conroy - Liberals declare West Kootenay candidate

Today's BC Liberals have announced that Jim Postnikoff will be their candidate in Kootenay West for the upcoming provincial election.

Postnikoff is a small business owner and worked as a millwright in the mining and forestry industries for 25 years.

COMMENT: How is the City going to pay for Columbia Avenue?

by Laurie Charlton on 13 Apr 2013
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COMMENT: How is the City going to pay for Columbia Avenue?

It appears the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project is going to cost a lot more than taxpayers were led to believe.  How the project will be paid for is another example of pathetic financial mismanagement on the part of the City. 

Council tackles issues of freedom and democracy

by Andrew Bennett on 12 Apr 2013
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Council tackles issues of freedom and democracy

Council discussed three major democratic issues on Monday evening, from local issues of ongoing fallout from the arena scandal and questions of transparency in email communications, to an official council stand on the controversial Jumbo Resort development near Invermere, BC.

Koolaree AGM: Planning for camping

by Keith Simmonds on 12 Apr 2013
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Koolaree AGM: Planning for camping

Thirty people in attendance at Camp Koolaree's Annual General Meeting on Saturday April 6 voted to do all they could to run camps at the Kootenay Lake facility this summer. Increasing the size of the board from five members to eight, the meeting adopted a budget designed to allow the camp to operate in the black, and developed a fund-raising plan to complete paying down the camp's twenty five thousand dollar debt. A new finance committee was formed, while other folk volunteered to help get the message out to friends and supporters.

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